Pouring spout for liquid containers



p 1927 F. WESTERBECK POURING SPOUT FOR LIQUID CONTAINERS Filed May 25,1925 Tia] //VI/NTOR ffwwri/Pezck ATT'O/P/YEKS contain liquid.

Patented Sept. 27, 1927.

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This invention relates generally to improvements in liquid rece tacles,and particularl to an improve lpouring spout adapte for application to as eet metal container, such as a can, which is adapted to,

Sheet metal containers of the type used to contain oil and other liquidsare in most.

cases provided with simple pouring necks which are not well adapted foruse in pourbe in the liquid from the containers when re full lines andin its atively small streams of liquid are desired.

To provide containers with better pouringfacilities manufacturers ofcontainers have recently been providing said containers with pouringspouts which are usually attached to the pouring necks of thecontainers, and are so arranged thereon that they may be moved to anoperative fposition when it is desired to pour liquid rom the containersor to an inoperative position when said containers are being packed forshipment. While many of the pouring spouts heretofore producedfunctioned in a more or less successful manner, there were certaindeficiencies present in connection therewith which prevented said spoutsfrom functioning as desired. For instance, many of the pouring spoutsformerl used were so constructed that small b ies of liquid would betrapped in the spout after "the container had been righted following apouring operation, and as a result of this when t e person using thecontainer attempted to replace the cover on the pouring neck ofsaidcontainer his fingers would be smeared by these bodies of liquid.Other spouts formerly used were capable of being detached from thepouring necks of the containers, and consequently were frequently lost.

The mam object of the present invention, therefore, is to produce asimple and inexpensive pouring spout which is so constructed andarranged that all of the liquid which is in the pouring spout when thecontainer is righted following a pouring operation will immediatelydrain back into the can, thus maintaining the spout free from liquid.Another object of the invention is to produce a pouring spout which maynot be detached from the pouring neck of the container with which it isassociated.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention comprisesthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinaftermore specifically described and illustrated in "the accompanying drawsings, wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention.However, it is to be understood that the invention comprebonds changes,variations and modifications which come within the scope of the claimshereunto appended.

Flg. I is a plan view of a can provided: w th mi improved pouring out,said spout mg s own in its inoperative position by 0 erative osition bdotted lines. p p v y Fig. II is a fragmentary view, partly in sideelevation and partly in vertical section, showing the container and thepouring spout illustrated in Fi I. I

Fig. III is a agmentary vertical section of a conta1ner rovided with myimproved pouring spout s owing said spout in its operat -ve os1t1on.

F1g. V is a section on line IV-IV of Fig. II.

Fig. V is a fragmentary vertical section of a container provided with myim roved of the container as a temporary closure for said container whenthe pouring spout is in its operative position.

Fig. YI illustrates a fragment of the collar portion of my improvedspout showing one of the lugs thereon in detail.

Inthe drawing, A designates a vertical sheet metal receptacle of thetype usually employed to contain li uid, said rece tacle preferablybeing provi ed with a suitable handle B by means of which saidreceptacle may be conveniently carried. The receptacle A is providedwith a pouring neck C which in the drawing is shown as a separateelement soldered or otherwise secured to the top wall of the receptacleand extended upwardly from said top wall of said receptacle. The pouringneck C is provided with external screw threads 0, and D designates a capor cover provided with similar screw threads and adapted to screw ontosaid pouring neck 0 for the purpose of closing the upper end thereof. Byreferring to the drawing it will be seen that the pouring neck-C isprovided with an annular groove 1 at the lower end thereof, and alsothat said neck is provided with a second annular groove 2 at the upperend thereof. It will also be noted that the pouring neck C is providedwith a plurality of vertical grooves 3 spaced equidistant around saidpouring which, together with the bottom wall of said lip portion,convert same into a channel. tapering toward its discharge end, wherebyliquid discharged into said lip portion will be discharged therefrom inthe form of a relatively small stream. Formed on the I collar portion 5of my improved spout S is a the wall of the pouring neck C.

plurality of inwardly extending lugs 8 which are intended for a purposeto be hereinafter set forth. The spout S is preferably stamped from asingle piece of sheet metal, the collar portion thereof beingapproximately L- sha ed in cross section, as shown in Figs. III an V,said collar portion comprising a vertically arranged annular flange 9adjacent to the pouring neck of the receptacle and a horizontal flange10 at the upper end of said vertically arranged flange 9. In theformation of the spout S the lugs 8 are formed by pressing a portion ofthe vertical flange 9 and stretching a portion of the honzontal flange10 inwardly, as shown in Fig. VI. in this way lugs are formed which areeach provided with oppositely disposed side walls 8*, a front wall 8 anda top wall 8,

and as these walls are all integral with each other a very rigidstructure is produced.

The lugs 8 are located on the collar portion 5 of the spout S in thesame relation to each other as are the vertical grooves 3 in In otherwords, when the collar portion 5 of the spout surrounds the pouring neckC the lugs 8 are ca able of extending into said grooves 3 and sald spoutmay be moved vertically with re-- lation to said neck, said lugs 8moving longitudinally of said grooves 3.

When a container provided with my improved spout is in use the collarportion of said spout encircles the pouring neck of the container, and.if the spout S be in its inoperative position the lugs 8 extend into theannular groove 1 at the lower end of the' pouring neck. When the spoutis arranged as suggested, it is plain that said spout may be rotatedabout the pouring neck C, the

' lugs 8 moving through said annular groove 1. As already mentioned,when the spout is in its inoperative position the lip portion 6 thereofis located immediately above the top wall of the receptacle, as shown inFigs. 1' and II, and when said lip portion is so positioned it willnot-extend beyond the side wall of the container. Assume now that it isdesired to move the spout 3 so that the lip portion 6 thereof will be inits operative position; in other words, in the position in which saidlip portion is shown in Fig. IV, and with the spoutat the upper end ofthe pouring neck C. In this event the spout S is moved about the pouringneck C until the lugs 8 are in registration with the vertical grooves 3,whereupon said spout may be moved upwardly relative to said pouring neckC, said lu s passing longitudinally through said vertical grooves 3.When the lugs 8 have passed entirely through the yertical grooves 3,said lugs will be located 1n the upper annular groove 2, whereby saidspout S may be moved about the curing neck C to bring the lip portion ofsaid spout mto its operative position Where the lugs 8 are offset fromthe grooves 3, as shown in big. IV. The lugs 8 on the collar portion ofthe spout are of such height that said lugs frictionally grip the upperand lower faces of the annular groove 2 whereby said spout may beretained in any position to which it has been moved.

When the spout is in its operative position it is not possible to screwthe ca D onto the pouring neck C of the container, and to provide'somemeans for closing the upper end of the pouring neck I arrange anoutwardly extending portion D onsaid cap. This portion D is of suchdiameter that it will fit into the upper end of the pouring neck C andwill frictionally gri the inner face thereof, as shown in Fig. By thisarrangement a temporary friction cap is provided which may be usedwithout dis turbing the position of the spout S.

It Wlll. be noted that the pouring neck C of the container is providedwith an outwardly extending annular flange 11 at its upper end whichacts as a stop for the lugs 8, thus preventing the spout S from beingremoved from the container.

By referring to Fig. III of the drawing it will be seen that when thepouring spout S is in its operative position any liquid which remains insaid spout after the pouring operation will drain back into thereceptacle A.

I claim:

1. In combination with a receptacle adapted to contain liquid and havinga pouring neck, a pouring spout comprising a member having a collarportion surrounding said pouring neck and a lip portion, meanscomprising a guideway whereby said pouring spout may be retained in aninoperative position remote from the discharge end of said pouring neck,means comprising a guideway whereby said pouring spout may be retainedin an operative position adjacent to said discharge end of said pouringneck, and means comprising guideways arranged longitudinally of saidcuring neck and in communication with t e first and second mentionedguideways whereby said pouring spout is permitted to be movedlongitudinally of said pouring neck from said inoperative position tosaid operative position, and portions on said pouring spout adapted toextend into said guldeways.

2. In combination with a receptacle adapted to contain liquid and havinga pouring neck, a pouring spout comprising a member having a collarportion surrounding said pouring neck and a lip portion, said pouringneck being provided with an annular groove adjacent to the end thereofwhich is secured to the receptacle whereby said pouring spout may beretained in an inoperative (position, said pouring neck being providewith a second annular groove adjacent to the discharge end thereofwhereby said pouring spout may be retained in an operative positionadjacent to said discharge end of said neck, and said pouring neck 20being (provided with grooves arranged longitu inally of said pouringneck and in communication with said annular grooves whereby said pouringspout is permitted to be moved from said inoperative position to saidoperative position, and portions on 'said pouring spout adapted toextend into said grooves.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto affix my signature.

FREDERICK WESTERBEOK.

